Health and Human Development

Begin date: Summer 2013End date: Summer 2015

Hospitality Management - ARCHIVE

University Park, College of Health and Human Development (HM)Penn State Berks (HMBL) - Effective Summer Session 2015

PROFESSOR JOHN O'NEILL, Director, School of Hospitality Management

This major helps provide preparation for management positions in hotels, restaurants, institutions, and other hospitality organizations. The program is designed to give the student a broad general education and a strong management and problem-solving orientation balanced with the requisite technical skills, all of them essential for career progression to upper-management positions in the hospitality professions. The program also helps prepare students for graduate study.

HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT OPTION: This option helps prepare students for management positions in any segment of the hospitality industry, including hotels, restaurants, institutional or non-commercial operations, clubs, resorts, and casinos. The management focus helps provide students with the analytical, interpersonal, and organizational skills necessary to effectively function as hospitality professionals.

MANAGEMENT DIETETICS OPTION: This option helps prepare graduates for general management positions within the food services operated by or for medical organizations, health and life care facilities, college feeding, governmental agencies, and community feeding programs. The management dietitian is qualified to solve both nutrition and food service problems. Graduates may also choose to work in the management of commercial food service operations. Together with the necessary clinical experience, the option satisfies the eligibility requirements for membership in the American Dietetic Association.

For the B.S. degree in Hospitality Management, a minimum of 120 credits is required. The B.S. degree program consists of two options: (1) Hospitality Management and (2) Management Dietetics.

Scheduling Recommendation by Semester Standing given like (Sem: 1-2)

GENERAL EDUCATION: 45 credits (8.5-20 of these 45 credits are included in the REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR) (See description of General Education in this bulletin.)

FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR: (Included in ELECTIVES or GENERAL EDUCATION course selection)

UNITED STATES CULTURES AND INTERNATIONAL CULTURES: (Included in ELECTIVES or GENERAL EDUCATION course selection)

WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM: (Included in REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR)

ELECTIVES: 0-7 credits

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR: 76.5-95 credits[1] (For the HM option, this includes 8.5 credits of General Education courses: 4 credits of GQ courses; 3 credits of GS courses; 1.5 credit of GHA courses. For the Management Dietetics option, this includes 20 credits of General Education courses: 4 credits of GQ courses; 7 credits of GN courses; 6 credits of GS courses; 3 credits of GHA courses.)

SUPPORTING COURSES AND RELATED AREAS: (12 credits) Select 12 credits of HM courses from an approved department list, up to 4 credits of any foreign language, and other courses in consultation with an advisor.

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